Following your bliss can look like big risks, whirlwind vacations, huge wins.

It can also look like naps, long walks, an extra shot in your latte, setting PBs at the gym, expanding your spirituality, growing your family, and any number of things. #followyourbliss #spirituality #restisresistance

Doing as others told me, I was blind. Coming when others called me, I was lost. Then I left everyone, including myself. Then I found everyone, including myself. - Rumi

“It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the pebble in your shoe” - Muhammad Ali

How do you prioritize maintenance + organization? How do you tend to hangnails that add 10% more work for multiple projects or tasks? How do you check in with yourself, so you're ready for the journey? 🏔️

“The biggest benefit of entrepreneurship is not the money…It is the personal development of…learning who you are…what you can create from your mind and bring to fruition… [And then] you don’t have to impress nobody. Because you’ve impressed yourself.” — Kim Lewis, AfroLatina Beauty Founder

Invest in sustainable farming & herbalism as well as Black, Indigenous, Disabled & Immunocompromised communities by contributing to Moonpence Farm.

I pledged $300: can you match? Donate what u can? Share the word? Host a fundraiser?

givebutter.com/moonpencefarm

Jan 2025 wins (abbreviated)
Personal
- 31-day meditation streak 🧘‍♀️
- 11 gym sessions 🏋️‍♀️
- 2 plants potted 🪴
- 7 days painting 🧑‍🎨
- 1 pet adopted (meet Oliver)! 🐶

Biz & Community
- 20 tarot readings
- 5 events
- 2 partnerships
- 5 historically-underinvested folx& local biz supported w my wallet

I am grateful to be grateful.

In a time of shock and awe as well as real, shattering changes, I recognize that I am lucky.

I am grateful as I embrace it.
I am grateful as I embody it.
I am grateful as I share it.
I am grateful as I create it.
#gratitude #headlines #lockin #stayfocused

Seeing a lot of excitement around owning your own content, making sites and magazines, and I love this. Let's try something. I am a classically trained print/digital/brand designer, had a 15yr career. Here to help. Post a screenshot, I'll (gently!) workshop, we can all learn together? Notes 👇🏼

“Make good trouble.”

~ John Lewis

Need an uplifting story without feeling escapist? Consider my 5-minute Substack read+audio narration re: the return of Buffalo to the sacred lands of Blackfeet Nation. open.substack.com/pub/alexisfl...

Just in case you were wondering!
Lock in!

So…is it time to regroup on #clubhouse? #tiktokban #diversifysocialmedia #beyond300

“What are you cooking?” is the married/deeply-committed equivalent of “u up?” #marriagehumor #longtermrelationship #tildeathdouspart #mealprep

Some entities.

#GoodNews
1. Gaza #ceasefire initiated
2. #LAfire containment: Eaton 65%, Palisades 31% (was 55% & 27%)
3. In #Norway 2025: 90% cars bought = #EV
4. #AI helping stop #drunkdriving crashes
5. #Netherlands returned colonizer-stolen items to #Bali #repatriation
#positivenews #cleanseyourfeed

To repurpose a #TikTok for BlueSky:

1. Download video, AirDrop to Desktop
2. In QuickTime, Export As > Audio Only
3. Rename .mp3 > .mp4
4. Upload to Adobe Podcast > Studio > New Project
5. Top-right of pink box > icon > Transcribe
6. Copy text > #AI to repurpose
#TikTokBan #meta #tiktokbanupdate

Unpopular opinion: your thoughts & prayers are indeed needed. Legislators can & should do more. But for those of us with less visibility, our power is in our frequency & small deeds.

Water recognizes the power of your words & intention — do you? [reference: Emoto Water experiment]